This ratty 1992 Daihatsu mini truck was picked up in unknown condition, well the more we look into it the worse it gets. lets take the engine apart and see what we have and if we can save it?
he would have made life easier for himself if he had moved that idler pulley up out of the way and snugged it down or taken it off all together to get that belt on and off
I'm so glad I watched to the end-I was yelling right along with you-thanks so much for the temporary break from all of the terrible things going on our world today-we love ya Mustie!
This is much more fun to watch a work through on the fly than just watching everything getting replaced & moded with new components. Way more educational too.
That's the beauty of @Mustie1's channel. He doesn't just remove failed parts and replace them with new stuff. Anyone can do that. He finds what failed, then spends a tiny amount of cash to get it running again. This is what everyone used to do in my grandfather's generation.
These videos are truly labors of love. I cannot imagine too many people would have dug down further, after seeing the damage to the engine. Amazing that you keep going….and keep laughing through all of this, as well. There are lessons here, well beyond mechanical ones.
That's one thing I love about RU-vid channels like this. It might not be worth it to fix in your garage, but to a RU-vidr the value in the end is the video you make. So it becomes worth something to actually go through something that was junk and make it worth something again.
@@adamrichardson2227 Also it depends where the person lives, in US the cost of labor is high so it's not worth to fix many things but where i live for instance most of the people that are capable of fixing stuff would try to do it because it's cheaper to fix than replace here.
Yes!! An hour and a half of Mustie , it's like having a long lunch with an old friend. Thank you , Darren -it never gets boring ,you are the most informative and entertaining man on RU-vid. Wish you were my neighbour ,it would make my day , just hanging out with you
Now that was an awesome win! Been there when an engine was right on the edge of firing up and just would not catch, so this one actually had me on the edge of my seat swearing at the screen...lmao. Thought it was actually going to get shelved, but I think you have to run with this one now...for our sake I think you are committed!...lmao Thanks Mustie, great vid!
once it got going and hearing the other two cylinders kick in was great, I wonder if the rings were stuck and unstuck or just sheer engine speed was enough to get enough compression to get them going. Comp test please!
I like that he had to return just one last time and get it started. I was laughing and saying "take that you pos" when he revved it. I say just put a straight 6 between the rails and build a dog house around it.
Really appreciate your channel. I’m 37, married, 2 young kids and suffering from some pretty bad depression and your videos all make me happy and feel better. Love the content and happy I found your channel. I’ve seen every single one of your videos as I laid in bed late at night and early, early morning frozen in fear to get up. Thank you.
Puddins fab shop is a fun watch, , he's also a clever guy, as are most of these guys, plus vicegrip garage is another good one, then try Sleeperdude, which is family oriented, plus revstoration, then ya can get into different motorcycle 'will it run' vids as well
Unbelievable!! The suspense was killing me, and I've never seen an engine that was that trashed actually start. Most entertaining video you've ever made!
I'm trying to think how to do it where it would actually be flat and even, and my mind went right to a chainsaw lumber mill for some reason. Then it remembered that abrasive stone cutting chainsaws exist and now I'm curious...
@@thefunkilledu to do the head you put a big sheet of emery paper on a cast iron table saw top and fun the head around in a figure 8 pattern. good enough to take a couple of thou off. The head will only be as flat as the table saw top but if it is reasonably new and a good brand (like altendorf, or griggio) it'll be pretty damn flat.
I think we all agree that we wanna see more of this little truck. With or without the goldwing engine. Btw. The goldwing engine would probably be a nice power upgrade
@@collinklitz7434 I've seen other people online do sport bike swaps in small cars, and they have a much more aggressive power band than a goldwing engine. I would bet that the goldwing makes more torque than the original engine at all RPMs
Great video. Reminds me of my late 80s Pontiac Firefly, a Pontiac Canada version of a Suzuki Swift. It had 1L 3-cylinder 55HP engine. Got it used and they must have had some amazing sludge in it, after I did my first oil change the compression was so low I had to start it like the Daihatsu - spin it up with the starter and hold my foot on the boards until it caught on its own. Sounded pretty much the same too. Once it was running, it would still do 70 mph. I swapped the motor and drove it for another 3 years. Now I regret not tearing down the original motor to see what was wrong with it. I can’t wait to see what is next for the Daihatsu, I often wonder about one of these mini trucks instead of a UTV/ATV for my hobby farm.
I think you're still off a tooth on the timing belt. If it starts/runs only when the distributor is adjusted all the way in one direction, that's a pretty good sign you're off a tooth on the timing.
He tried both directions and ended up back at the original mark. And it looked like his alignment marks on the belt were spot on. The only thing (unusually) is he did not overhaul the carburetor. So may not be getting the best air/fuel mix. Will that be another video?
@@David-yo5ws My bet is that he is gonna bag this project altogether. That engine needs to come out for machining, cylinders re-sleeved, new pistons/rings, bottom end, refurbished head/valves....and that's just for the engine. There's no telling how many more things need fixing on it. And it's just not worth it.
The block sleeves ARE replaceable. They are slightly tapered and can be knocked out from the top of the block. Replacing the sleeves will probably solve 90 percent of the engine's problems as the aluminum block does not look cracked. The design is pretty common. you can find parts in most countries in SE Asia including Australia. The parts may interchangable with the Suzuki Carry engine as, I believe, many of the Kei vehicle manufacturerd shared engines in South Korea - which is, I think , where Dihatsu is manufactured. All that said, it looks like it should be sent to the salvage yard...
Yeah, some repair to the cylinder walls (someone mentioned weld build up and then a ridge reamer. I'd say the head really needs to be decked to keep the fuel/air/combustion mixture where it belongs.
Daihatsu is Japanese not South Korean. Now 100% subsidiary of Toyota (since 2016). Suzuki is their direct competitor in the Kei class of vehicles totally different engines, but would prob. fit in the chassis.
Oh man that ending was perfect. Your persistence is amazing! When you can hear the dear little thing wanting to start, you feel like you need to give it all the chances you can haha!
Way to go Mustie!! I was sitting there at the end saying "Come on Baby, Come on, You can do it!!" 😆 Can't wait till next one! You give me inspiration to tackle my Dad's Simplicity Broadmoor tractor 8 hp motor.
If a new liner isn't available, I suppose you could try Scott's (of Coldwarmotors) fix for the damaged cylinder in the '37 Chevy - mud in the pitted areas with JB weld, sand the high spots and hone as needed. According to Scott, this worked for the '53 Buick straight 8 some years back. No verdict on the Chevy, as the motor isn't beck together yet.
I was grinning from ear to ear when that thing fired at the end! We've all been there, broke down somewhere or trying to get something started and it's so so close and just won't fire. Made my day when it took off.
I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking a Kubota 3 cylinder seems like a perfect swap for it if it would fit. Seems to be it would be a fitting swap for it. Plus make it a bit more powerful.
@@fourhillsfarm He should just replace that trashed engine with a VW engine, seems like that would be the easiest solution. And no liquid cooling to deal with either.
@@jaylast1958 a British guy did a DIY ev conversion on a clapped out Bedford Rascal. It worked really well and he had solar panels on the roof to charge the batteries. From memory, he was a Traffic Cop in Yorkshire and used the van for his daily driver. The solar panels and the additional wind turbine were so good at keeping the batteries topped up that he never had to plug in to charge up.
Sunday is my favorite day.. I'm always so excited to see what Mustie has for us.. Man that engine.. I rebuild old crappy inboard boat motors.. and I've had SO many of them that were SO far past their prime but people just want to get one last 'rest' of the season out of them.. So many of them after a top end take hours and hours of cranking and they'll just suddenly get going and last another year or 2.. SO much fun!!!!
Aww man, you had to leave us on a cliffhanger of sorts... Fantastic moment hearing it finally catch and run for a moment, i really like the sound of these little 3-pot kei motors. Be interesting to see if the head gasket holds, I did a similar resurrection of a well-done Peugeot 1.4i engine and it ran nicely for 10 minutes and then pushed the gasket out again and started taking another drink.
The abandoned Econoline. What a beauty! The mini truck runs! It has to be impossible for Mustie1 to fail. Did you hear the “I Win” laugh? Always a good sign. Sunday morning dark roast and a Mustie1 video! Yea! Was up early……time change! Love from NW Colorado. Thanxz
Argh I can't believe you left us on such a cliff hanger! I hope that head gasket holds together to make a part 3 worth while asap. Keep up the good work Darren 👍 Please re-do a compression test after some more running... your valve job should of helped some what.
had these in trucks in the military. it was somewhat of an issued "shop" vehicle, used for running around to support back shop logistics and such. Anyway, they were governed to 25ish, but you could get more out of it by keeping the skinny pedal floored, and turn ignition off and back on while driving and it'd get to 30 easy then slowly come back down to 25ish.
What a great video! It’s like watching small engine repair but on a truck. This was a heroic effort. I think, though, even if you can lap the head a little more and considering the valves are about as good as they are going to get, it’s going to need rings to get near acceptable compression. Big work to remove engine, open her up and take a look at a bottom end that’s been lubricated with antifreeze for god knows how long. Enter rod bearings and seals that are hard to get - the condition of the crank. Could be opening a pandora’s box where the economics of $ and time spiral out of control. But it would be a freaking hoot to watch!,
He knows all of that, as does anyone with a bit of mechanical skill and experience. Yet we all still watched the video, which was why he created it in the first place. It made for good content, and it will help him keep the bills paid until he does an engine swap, or just gives up on it entirely.
@@alantrimble2881 still a used engine for cheap would be much better than any play-around with this broke piglet! I turned the volume down because I could not hear the starter suffer any more :-/ This little car is awesome as a basic hauler for things but the engine far beyond usable
Loved watching this assessment and work on the little engine. Having owned the Mitsubishi 1994 version of this and tinkering with it just a little they are great fun. And a real workhorse in slow speed.
The extra lever in the cab is for a hi-lo, its a 2wd version of a 4wd transfer box and really weird thing to have on one of these sugar lump trucks. Apparently the transfer case has front output locked off giving you only the rear output.
A local steel mill has 5 of these things. I work on their large forklifts (15ton to 60ton). I've never worked on the Daihatsus. I will ask them where they get their parts
That's the one time I would bring on the bottle of ether! We don't know it might unstick a ring or two. Acetone is also very good at unsticking rings used as a fuel or additive.
@@trollmcclure1884 yes I know that. It's not that fast though. And if it's like a mix with 5% acetone or less and you plan to do a very long trip, I didn't see any problem at all.
Yessssss, for the WIN!!!! OMG! That was like the orgasm of engines, she kept fight;n you and fight'n you until finally at the end she released her love!!! What an epic video, I think we were ALL a bit down seeing her beat you, it just didnt feel right after all that hard work!!! Just goes to show you NEVER GIVE UP trying as you never know what you will get out of even the most tired of engines! Great Video Darren, what a release to see her the next morning give it all she has and then some, she sure did pure there for a few moments, enough to bring TEARS to our eyes!
Trouble is, cost of parts, plus shipping, plus import taxes, versus value of the vehicle when it's fixed. Almost certainly cheaper to get a replacement alternative engine, locally.
that was one of the most exciting endings, i was truly on the edge just waiting for that to fire up, it was fun but it needs a lot of work to be a reliable engine again. if you can find rings for it it will run much better but with how bad the cilinders are i don't think rings will last that long anyway, maybe if you put sleeves too but that will turn into a huge project.
14:20 you can see your crank timing mark.. you can see the dot on the pulley near the bolt hole. it will line up with the casting arrow on the block below it. you'll find similar markings on the head for the cam
Absolutely amazing at what you did on this. I too thought you were done for with this and then bam it she fires up... lmao! The funny thing is I thought the exact same thing about putting a VW engine into it and going from there. The other thing I thought that seemed odd was that that valve that was pitted looked different than the rest as it seemed to be a good bit more concaved than the rest of them. Great show of determination on this. Thanks Darren!
Hey mustie i wrote about the HNL lever in the last video, it works via air driven solenoids and vacuum lines, pita with air leaks, will need motor running to check it... Also daihatsu used to write the operating instructions on the inside of the sunvisor for the h n l settings
I used to have the van version. When I had zero money and a family to get 400 miles home after Christmas. It snowed all the way and I had to divert to avoid some monster snowdrifts. The engine was struggling but that little engine hauled us all home when bigger things were marooned. I loved it and would buy one now. But they just can't be found.
I think that engine would make a cracking boat mooring. 😂😂😂 Absolutely brilliant content. Loved every second. Your enthusiasm and enjoyment on these projects is a joy to watch. Many thanks. 🏴❤🇺🇸
Look around for a 796cc engine from either a Daewoo Tico, Matiz or Damas or a first generation Suzuki Alto, it's very similar to that one and should be easy enough to swap. Considering that now it's sold pretty much at scrap value you could swap the transmission as well, just to decrease your workload. It was a pretty reliable little engine and you can still find some aftermarket parts for it.
we had one at Uni bought to Deliver pizza had 250,000 miles on the clock when bought, we added 100,000 over 4 years of faithful use till the right hand drivers seat rusted through the floor, it had fire decals along the side front wings lovely little run around.
You should swap an 18-20hp briggs flathead twin in it. They're pretty low profile and not very long. Would be the cheapest option unless you can find a good used oem engine in my opinion.
😂😂😂I was cheering like you hit a game winning grand slam with 2 outs 0-2 pitch game 7 of the world series when the engine started. I was thinking there is no way you would end the video with an engine non start. Awesome Video Sir.
I'm late to the party. Would a goldwing match the horsepower of the original engine? I love the idea of stuffing something unusual in a vehicle like this but always hope to increase the performance (hp) not decrease. Cheers
I honestly think at this point getting an engine from a JDM importer might be the best course of action. These little engines are plentiful and cheap. I know you don't want to put that kind of money into it, but just a thought. That engine is toast.
Geez, the top of that middle cylinderbore looks like a mess and going by how that valve looked my guess would be that part of a sparkplug broke off and got smashed around in there, mostly due to lack of proper maintenance.
@@gben7084 That was mostly why I suggested it, I had something similar on a Galant partscar I once bought with a dead engine and two of the six cylinders of that 6a12 engine looked similar to that. Its allways amazing how much damage a little piece of ceramic or a piece of the electrode can cause inside a cylinder.
I think you're still one or two teeth off Mustie. That thing shouldn't be fighting you so hard. A little research may be in order to determine if your crank and cam are truely in the right places. Given the damage to the valvetrain, I'm guessing it may have skipped a tooth causing rough running and detonation leading to head gasket failure. Of course the motor is probably scrap anyway, so my vote is to swap in the Goldwing motor...
I think the oil he dumped in the intake ports fouled the plugs that's why it was so hard to start. Once he got it fired up it seemed to run good with were he set the timing belt. Just have to wait for the next episode
@@squarewrangler Yeah that was a huge amount of blow by. I don't think I've ever seen something that bad. Wait yes I have.. That antique single cylinder two stroke marine engine he tried to get running, with only one piston ring (the other one was missing entirely). It ran briefly, but weakly.
Reminds me of a guy I once worked with. Someone took the carburetor off of a Ford truck. Fuel line was dangling over the intake. Friday afternoon comes around and he gets tin and starts it up without the carburetor, around the building and into the shop to finish it up on Monday. 🤣🤣🤣. Thanks for you efforts 😊
Sorry, actual timing mark, very small to be true, is almost opposite that 'V'. Mark on bottom timing belt pulley is a small dot. It is clearly visible after the cam has been set to its mark on the head backplate. The dot is one tooth clockwise from the botton threaded hole in the pulley. Best view at 14:25 ish
I've got a slide hammer attachment to pull the alignment dowels. Works awesome. Some copper spray on the head gasket would probably help it a little. I use it if I don't have access to an MLS gasket, but I always get them whenever I can.
11:45 with the way those marks aren't lining up, I'm going to guess that it's out of time hence why there's no compression. A valve is open when both should be closed. Let's see if I'm right as the video/tear down progresses. Yeah, timing marks usually either point to one another, point away from one another, or point to a mark on the crank. One thing that always amazed me: it doesn't really matter if an engine is at top dead center on the exhaust of compression stroke. As long as both valves are closed when it's TDC. The last time the head was off, the exhaust on the new set up could have been compression on the last set up. Engine doesn't care.
Be aware the first gas engines had no compression at all. Gas+air was injected at OT and then ignited. They had an absolutaly miserable efficiency. Lenoir Motor, 1858. Why dont you get a "harbor freight 670 cc twin" engine and put it in? Might be cheaper than parts.
"Jettison" is the first word that comes to mind. Thanks Mustie1 very dramatic video we have been on the edges of our seats willing that little motor to run. Central California Watching
I like it that you didnt give up even when you saw that damage in the cylinders. I'd might throw a towel or two in the ring at that point lol. Very nice video as always !
